@kt-k8.bsky.social
Mom. Wife. History Teacher. Ally. Recovering TV Newscast Director. Drake University Grad. Blue dot. 💄
*Medusa by Carrie Ann Baade
*Medusa by Carrie Ann Baade
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This is how we win.
Fear is contagious, but so is courage. I remain steadfast in my oath to the Constitution and am grateful to those across the nation who stand with us. Don't give up the ship.
November 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This is how we win.
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This ballroom was made for Trump and his donor friends – not for you.
October 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This ballroom was made for Trump and his donor friends – not for you.
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Hundreds of ICE recruits in training were not fully vetted. Had criminal histories, failed drug tests, failed physical tests. 50% of all new ICE agents failed the written test ALTHOUGH they could use notes and textbooks. But sure, give them guns and badges #DefundICE
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vTXi...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vTXi...
'Recipe for disaster': Some ICE recruits failed drug tests, have criminal backgrounds
YouTube video by MSNBC
m.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hundreds of ICE recruits in training were not fully vetted. Had criminal histories, failed drug tests, failed physical tests. 50% of all new ICE agents failed the written test ALTHOUGH they could use notes and textbooks. But sure, give them guns and badges #DefundICE
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vTXi...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=vTXi...
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NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
NEW: These are all the Education Dept. offices that staffers and managers say have been impacted by layoffs since Friday, according to the union for the agency’s employees.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
They include workers that supported HBCUs, tribal colleges, charter schools, civil rights reviews, special ed & more.
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Portland continues to amaze me 👏
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Portland continues to amaze me 👏
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This is great stuff from @jamestalarico.bsky.social, running for Senate in Texas:
“The most dangerous form of government is theocracy — because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.”
“The most dangerous form of government is theocracy — because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.”
October 12, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is great stuff from @jamestalarico.bsky.social, running for Senate in Texas:
“The most dangerous form of government is theocracy — because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.”
“The most dangerous form of government is theocracy — because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.”
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after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Made this into a video: youtube.com/shorts/pMkU5...
My Not So Scary Experience in the South Side of Chicago
YouTube video by Machine Pun Kelly
youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Made this into a video: youtube.com/shorts/pMkU5...
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This is one thing nearly everyone can do: TAKE PICTURES of what ICE is doing to our city. 📸❗
Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.
October 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is one thing nearly everyone can do: TAKE PICTURES of what ICE is doing to our city. 📸❗
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"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
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Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
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NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
September 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
NEW: Rachel Maddow drops unseen bodycam footage of feds coordinating the arrest of Newark Mayor Baraka.
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
I REPEAT: the feds ordered his arrest even though he wasn’t breaking any laws.
Federal agent: “We are arresting the mayor right now per the Deputy Attorney General of the United States.”
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I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this
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Van Hollen: I will just say that anybody who thinks we're on the way to authoritarianism is wrong. We are there
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Van Hollen: I will just say that anybody who thinks we're on the way to authoritarianism is wrong. We are there
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Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT:
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
This MAGA/MAHA/Trump/RFK Jr/Dr Oz/Dr Bhattacharya press conference right now is quite possibly the worst press conference—from the viewpoints of medicine, public health, & medical ethics—that I’ve ever seen. These men are so shameless & deeply irresponsible. Wherever happened to science & evidence?
September 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Medical ethicist Arthur Kaplan, quoted in the NYT:
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
“The announcement on autism was the saddest display of a lack of evidence, rumors, recyling old myths, lousy advice, outright lies & dangerous advice I have ever witnessed by anyone in authority in the world claiming to know anything about science”
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In modern Iraq, the ruins of ancient Babylon have witnessed epochs of historic turmoil. They now face an uncertain future, but still have the power to amaze. https://cnn.it/3Ius7GM
September 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
In modern Iraq, the ruins of ancient Babylon have witnessed epochs of historic turmoil. They now face an uncertain future, but still have the power to amaze. https://cnn.it/3Ius7GM
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A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
September 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
A fun fact about McCarthyism is that just two and a half years after he was condemned and censured, Sen. Joseph McCarthy drank himself to death at 48.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
Fevers break. Petty tyrants fall. Censorship and persecution drive good people to stand together and fight back.
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Man alive. I have studied Right Wing authoritarianism for years and have watched some truly fucked up shit and today’s memorial service is maybe the most concentrated example of how messed up and disturbing that sector truly is.
September 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Man alive. I have studied Right Wing authoritarianism for years and have watched some truly fucked up shit and today’s memorial service is maybe the most concentrated example of how messed up and disturbing that sector truly is.
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A Rush to Save Ancient Artifacts in Gaza Highlights All That Has Been Lost
A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...
A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...
A Rush to Save Ancient Artifacts in Gaza Highlights All That Has Been Lost
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A Rush to Save Ancient Artifacts in Gaza Highlights All That Has Been Lost
A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...
A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures living there over thousands of years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/w...
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.
All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
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September 6, 2025
September 6, 2025
Today the social media account of President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
September 6, 2025
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Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.
Photos capture Chicagoans’ protest against ICE and Trump’s intervention plans
CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.
bit.ly
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.